6 Jun 2017

What I'm reading ...

I felt that it was time for something different. I rarely re-read books, but I felt that a book, that left an impression on me in my late teens, might be interesting to re-visit 40+ years later. So, I have started Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein. It seems that this new edition contains more material, which was cut from the original. It will be interesting to see whether I notice.

Here’s the blurb:

Twenty-five years ago, the first manned mission to Mars was lost, and all hands presumed dead. But someone survived...
Born on the doomed spaceship and raised by the Martians who saved his life, Valentine Michael Smith has never seen a human being until the day a second expedition to Mars discovers him.
Upon his return to Earth, a young nurse named Jill Boardman sneaks into Smith's hospital room and shares a glass of water with him, a simple act for her but a sacred ritual on Mars.
Now, connected by an incredible bond, Smith, Jill and a writer named Jubal must fight to protect a right we all take for granted: the right to love.

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